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The
Alaska high-school ranks have produced just 18 draft picks through
the years—only two higher than the 15th round—though right-hander Dylan Baker, a Juneau high school
product, brought rare recognition to the state in 2012, when he was
selected in the fifth round out of the College of Western Nevada.

Against
those meager standards, Anchorage prep right-hander Johnny Meszaros
qualifies as one of the best talents ever produced in Alaska. He made
a favorable showing in Arizona this spring in front of upwards of 80
scouts to warrant being drafted any time after the 10th-12th rounds.

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rarely travel to Alaska with the express purpose of evaluating a
high-school prospect, so Meszaros has brought his game to scouts in
the Lower 48 on multiple occasions—specifically the Area Code Games
in California last summer and Perfect Game’s WWBA World
Championship in Florida last October. With a fastball that ranged
from 82-88 mph, along with a slurvy breaking ball at 73-77 mph,
Meszaros didn’t show enough raw stuff at the two events to warrant
being a serious candidate for the early rounds of this year’s
draft. But scouts took note of his strong, projectable 6-foot-3,
210-pound frame, and long, easy, clean arm action, and were there in
droves in Arizona in March when Meszaros joined up with the Langley
(B.C.) Blaze, one of the top travel teams in Canada, and impressed in
three different outings with a fastball that was a steady 87-92 mph—a
significant spike in velocity from just 5-6 months. His secondary
stuff was still erratic, but he showed the makings of a plus curve
and change, and further impressed scouts with his aggressive approach
working in short relief. Meszaros will continue his blossoming
baseball career at Central Arizona College in the fall, though could
factor into this year’s draft as early as the mid-teens.